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I responding to you saying: >If you're going to claim that we're very desperate for such things we would of course have to act as a country of desperation and
by mthoms 1mo ago
I responding to you saying:
>If you're going to claim that we're very desperate for such things we would of course have to act as a country of desperation and secure aluminum, oil, and critical minerals perhaps at all costs. I wonder what that would look like? If we don't take desperate measures, maybe we aren't desperate yea?
Which I presume is an allusion to war ("secure... at all costs"). The implication being that since there's no war, then the phrase "desperate for oil" simply cannot apply. I only realized you were using that extreme interpretation when you... you know... alluded to war(!) At which time I pointed it out.
But go ahead Eric, carry on with your desperate[0] flailing.
[0] So there's no confusion, the intended meaning here is this one (from your source):
ˈde-sp(ə-)rət: "involving or employing extreme measures in an attempt to escape defeat or frustration"
- ericmay 1mo agoInstead of doubling down you should just admit that you should have backtracked from the usage of the term desperate here. It's not a big deal but you're making it into one to the extent any Internet comment can be. It's a bit of an annoyance that you are sitting here quoting the rules around charitable interpretation and then you turn around and cite the definition of desperation which was how I was using it and start calling that an "extreme interpretation". Nobody is casually desperate. I'll leave you here to mull it over as I demonstrated my point, unequivocally, to my satisfaction and the satisfaction of others.